Q. Who do you think would make the better Prime Minister out of Tony Abbott and Bill Shorten?
|
Total |
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote Other |
Oct 2013 |
Mar 2014 |
June 2014 |
Sep 2014 |
Dec 2014 |
Mar 2015 |
Apr 2015 |
May 2015 |
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|
Tony Abbott |
38% |
9% |
82% |
8% |
36% |
41% |
39% |
36% |
35% |
31% |
33% |
32% |
35% |
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|
Bill Shorten |
33% |
66% |
3% |
57% |
22% |
22% |
33% |
40% |
36% |
36% |
37% |
35% |
32% |
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|
Don’t know |
29% |
25% |
15% |
36% |
42% |
37% |
28% |
24% |
30% |
33% |
30% |
33% |
33% |
38% (up 3% since May) of respondents think Tony Abbott would make the better Prime Minister and 33% (up 1%) think Bill Shorten would make the better Prime Minister. This is Tony Abbott’s best result since October last year.
43% of men prefer Tony Abbott and 32% prefer Bill Shorten – and women prefer Bill Shorten 34% to 33%.